The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
FWN 69
La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise
1872–73
Alternate titles: Camino, Auvers; Die Dorfstraße; La Maison du Père Bernard; La route à Auvers-sur-Oise, hiver; La route du village; La Route du Village (Auvers); La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise (rue des Pilonnes); Route de village, Auvers; Route de village, Auvers-sur -Oise (rue François Coppée); Route du village, Auvers, dit aussi La vieille route à Auvers-sur-Oise; Rue à Auvers; Strada dal villaggio a Auvers, detto anche La vecchia strada per Auvers-sur-Oise; Strasse in Auvers
Rewald (191): 1872–73; Venturi revised: 1872–73; Venturi (134): 1872–73
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 21 13/16 in. (46 x 55.3 cm)
Signed lower left in red: P. Cezanne
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, no. 46, as La route du village, lent by Bernheim-Jeune; shown in an installation photo in Dauberville, 2020, p. 117.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Ecole de 1830, Ecole impressionniste, Ecole post-impressionniste, May 28–June 1934.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 9, as Strasse in Auvers, 1872-73, lent by Private collection, Basel.
Galerie Max Kaganovitch, Paris, Oeuvres choisies des XIXe et XXe siècles, May–June 1938, no. 6, as La route du village, 1872-73, lent by Private collection.
Galerie Kaganovitch, Paris, Oeuvres choisies du XIXe siècle, May 22–July 5, 1950, no. 3, (size: 46 x 56 cm, dated 1872–73), as La route du village, lent by Private collection, Switzerland.
Orangerie, Paris, Van Gogh et les peintres d'Auvers-sur-Oise, November 26, 1954–February 28, 1955, no. 11, as La route du village.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 10, ill. lent by Private collection, France.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 9, ill. in b/w, as Route de village, Auvers.
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, [Collection of Marc Kaganovitch], Summer 1978, no. 40, c. 1872-73. Traveled to: Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, Russian Federation, Summer 1978.
Septentrion - Fondation Anne et Albert Prouvost, Marcq-en-Baroeul, France, Impressionnisme, October 18, 1980–January 25, 1981, no. 5, ill., as Route de village, Auvers, c. 1872-73.
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 8, ill.
Musée Picasso, Antibes, France, Orsay avant Orsay: 26 chefs-d'oeuvre impressionnistes et post-impressionnistes, June 15–September 9, 1985, no. 5, ill., as Route de village, Auvers, c. 1872-1873. Traveled to: Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France, September 19–November 11, 1985; Musée des beaux-arts, Lyon, France, November 21, 1985–January 15, 1986.
Musée Municipal, Seoul, South Korea, Le chemin de Millet 1814-1875, December 14, 2002–March 3, 2003, no. 136, ill., as Route de village, Auvers, c. 1872-73.
Städtische Galerie Böblingen, Germany, Entre ciel et terre / Zwischen Himmel und Erde: Camille Pissarro et les peintres de la vallée de l'Oise / und die Maler des Oise-Tals, September 7–November 2, 2003, no. 70, ill., as Route de village, Auvers-sur -Oise (rue François Coppée), c. 1972. Traveled to: Musée Tavet, Pontoise, France, November 15, 2003–January 26, 2004.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–1885, June 26–September 12, 2005, no. 48, ill., p. 139 (dated c. 1872–74), as La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, October 20, 2005–January 16, 2006; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 27–May 28, 2006 (Cézanne et Pissarro 1865-1885).
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Van Gogh: los ultimos paisajes, Auvers-sur-Oise, 20 de mayo-29 de julio 1890, May 20–July 29, 2007, no. 4, ill., as Camino, Auvers, c. 1872-1873.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Corot - Souvenirs et variations, June 14–August 31, 2008, no. 59, ill., as Route du village, Auvers, dit aussi La vieille route à Auvers-sur-Oise. Traveled to: Municpal Museum, Kobe, Japan, September 13–December 7, 2008; Musée des beaux-arts, Reims, France, February 20–May 24, 2009; Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona, Italy, November 27, 2009–March 7, 2010.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims, France, De Corot à l'art moderne: souvenirs et variations, February 20–May 20, 2009, no. 25, ill., as Route du village, Auvers, dit aussi La vieille route à Auvers-sur-Oise, c. 1872-1873.
Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona, Italy, Corot e l'arte moderna - souvenirs et impressions, November 27, 2009–March 3, 2010, no. 69, ill., as Strada dal villaggio a Auvers, detto anche La vecchia strada per Auvers-sur-Oise, c. 1972-73.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 20, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne/Renoir, Capolovori dal Musée de l'Orangerie, March 19–June 30, 2024, no. 6, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Traveled to: Fondation Gianadda, Martigny, France, July 13–November 19, 2024 (Titled: Cézanne - Renoir, Regards croisés); Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, January 17–May 7, 2025; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, May 29–September 7, 2025; Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, September 20, 2025–January 25, 2026.
Published References
Borély, Jules. "Cézanne à Aix [Hommage à Paul Cézanne]." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 37 (July 1, 1926), p. 492, ill.
"[announcement of upcoming exhibitions at the Galerie Bernheim-Jeune]." Le Bulletin de la vie artistique 7, no. 9 (May 1, 1926), p. 130, ill.
Benesch, Otto. "Cézanne: zur 30. Wiederkehr seines Todestages am 22. Oktober." Die Kunst für Alle 52, no. 3 (December 1936), ill. p. 59, as Die Dorfstraße, c. 1872-73.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 134, ill. vol. II, as La Route du Village (Auvers).
Cézanne, Paul. Correspondance. Edited by John Rewald. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1937, no. XXIX.
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 54, as ...paysage ...
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 123.
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 30.
Soffici, Ardengo. Trenta Artisti moderni italiani et stranieri. Firenze: Vallecchi, 1950, p. 367, ill.
Gachet, Paul. Deux amis des impressionnistes: le Docteur Gachet et Murer. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1956, p. 59, as La Maison du Père Bernard.
Reidemeister, Leopold. Auf den Spuren der Maler der Ile de France. Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1963, p. 58, ill. (with photograph of the subject; for another photograph see V. 1591).
Adhémar, Hélène. "Galerie du Jeu de Paume: Dernières acquisitions: Donation Max et Rosy Kaganovitch." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France, nos. 4-5 (1973), p. 290, as Route de village, Auvers.
Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 162, ill. p. 125 (Donation Max et Rosy Kaganovitch 1973), as Route de village, Auvers, c. 1872-73.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 6.
Cézanne, Paul. Letters. Translated by Marguerite Kay. New York: Hacker Art Books, 1976, p. 138.
Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 115, ill., as Route de village, Auvers, c. 1872-73.
Arnold, Matthias. "Cézanne und van Gogh: Die beiden grossen Postimpressionisten I: Ein Vergleich." Weltkunst (Munich) 56, no. 1 (January 1, 1986), p. 32, fig. 16.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 38, fig. 14, with photograph of motif, fig. 13, as La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise.
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 191, ill. vol. 2, as La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise.
Mothe, Alain, et al. Cézanne à Auvers-sur-Oise. Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône: editions du Valharmeil, 2006, p. 25, ill. with old postcard view of motif, p. 24.
Chiappini, Rudy. "Quel silenzio, in attesa del tempo della rivelazione." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 29, fig. 11.
Mothe, Alain. Ce que voyait Cézanne: Les paysages impressionnistes à la lumière des cartes postales. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011, pp. 22–23, ill., as La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise (rue des Pilonnes), with old postcard view of motif; new name for street is rue François-Coppée.
Cézanne, Paul. The Letters of Paul Cézanne. Edited and translated by Alex Danchev. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson; Getty Publications, 2013, p. 150, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 71, fig. 15c, with black and white postcard and color photo of motif, figs. 15a and 15b, as La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise (rue des Pilonnes).
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 142, ill., as Rue à Auvers, installation photograph from 1926 exhibition, p. 117.
Record last updated September 27, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Vieille Route à Auvers-sur-Oise, 1872–73 (FWN 69)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=195 (accessed on October 6, 2024).